Letter or package tying device.



A. KINIGHAN.

LETTER 0R PACKAGE TYING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. l0. \9I8.1,277,731.. PatentedSept. 3,1918.

' tying the package.

ALLEN KINGHAN, or HoQUIA'M, WAS INGTON.

LETTER OR PACKAGE TYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

- Application filed J'anuary10,191S.- SerialNo.211,193.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALL N KINGHAN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of GraysHarbor, State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Letter orPackage Tying Device; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to an improved package or letter tying device,andan object of the invention is to provide an improved fastener and acord attached'thereto, which is adapted to pass several times about thepackage as disclosed in the drawings, in combination with means on thefastener for det-achably clamping the cord thereby holding the packageor bundle of letters securely tied.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a package showing theimproved tying device applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener with which the cordcooperates for Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of a portion of thefastener, showing clamping parts for clamping the cord.

Fig. i is a detail edge view of the fastener, the fastener for partlytilting the fastener from the face of the package, to allow a portion ofthe cord to pass under the fastener.

Referring more especially to the drawings 1 designates an improvedfastener, which is of a general substantially triangular shape, andconsist-s of a skeleton frame. One corner of this frame is provided witha substantially circular ring 2, to be engaged by the thumb of the useror operator, to hold the fastener in position against the package to betied. Another corner of the frame of the fastener is deflected or bentoutwardly from the face of the package 3, as shown at 4, and is providedwith an aperture or opening 5, in which one end portion of a cord 6 isattached by showing deflected orbent parts of forming a knot 7 in theextremity of the cord. Another cornerportion of the frame of thefastener is constructed with a compound curved part .8. One loop 9 .ofthis part 8 is deflected or bent toward the face of the package toengage therewith, whereby the loop 10may be held slightly spaced fromthe face, of the package, whereby the cord 6 may pass under said loop10. 'Rising outwardly and curved from one side of the loop 10 is atongue or projection 11, which comprises the enlargement 12 and therestricted neck portion 13, which is between the enlargement and wherethe tongue integrally projects from the side of the loop 7 10. Theenlargement 12, is nearly in parallelism with the face of the frame ofthe fastener, with exception of its extremity, which is slightlydeflected outwardly, to guide a portion of the cord into a loopedengagement with the neck 13. In tying a package, the frame or thefastener is held by the thumb on one face of the package in the positionas shown in Fig. 1, and the cord 6 passes about the package in thedirection of the arrow at, under the package and over the same in thesame direction as indicated by the arrow Z). The portion 14 of the cordthen passes under the loop 10 and engages the crotch 15 of the loop 16of the compound curved part of the frame 1. The cord after as indicatedby the arrow 0, whereby the por- 4 tion 17 of the cord may engage theneck 13 of said tongue 11. The cord immediately at the point where itmerges from engagement with the neck 13engages and wedges or bindsagainst the cord, where it engages the crotch 15 of the loop 16 therebysecurely holding the cord tight and tying the package. The cord inpassing over the face of the package which is engaged by the fastenerpasses over the frame of the fastener and assists in holding thefastener in place.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. In a package tie, a skeleton fastener frame having one cornerprovided with an aperture in which one end of a cord is adapted to beattached, another corner of said frame having a crotch with which atying cord is adapted to engage after'passing about the package, saidlast named corner having a curved tongue, said curved tongue beingprovided with a restricted neck to be engaged by the cord, which in turnbinds against that portion of the cord engaging said crotch, said tonguehaving an enlargement at its extremity to hold the cord in engagementwith said neck, and where the enlargement merged from the neck, means isprovided, whereby the cord adjacent the neck binds against the cordengaging said crotch, and means adjacent the crotch cornor of the framefor holding the frame spaced from the package whereby said cord may passunder the frame.

2. Ina package tie, a skeleton fastener frame, to one corner of whichone end of a cord is adapted to be connected, another cornor of saidframe having a crotch with which said cord is adapted to engage afterpassing about the package, a curved tongue rising integrally andupwardly from the last Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, by addressing named corner and being provided with arestricted neck, said neck adapted to be engaged by the cord being soarranged relative to the crotch, whereby the cord engaging the neck willbind against the cord which engages the crotch, said tongue having anenlargement at its extremity 'to retain the cord in engagement with theneck, said frame adjacent the crotch being bent to form a protrusion toengage the package, wiereby the frame is held spaced from t e package topermit the cord to pass under the frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' ALLEN KIN GHAN lVitnesses J. G. YOUNG, R. S. SMITH.

the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington; I). C. 1

